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Markku Peltola

Markku Peltola

Birthday: 1956-07-12 | Place of Birth: Helsinki, Finland

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Markku Peltola (12 July 1956 – 31 December 2007) was a Finnish actor and musician. He was born in Helsinki and grew up there. He was actively involved in founding and acting with the Telakka Theater in Tampere. Peltola is best known for starring opposite Kati Outinen in Aki Kaurismäki's Academy Award nominated film from 2002 The Man Without a Past. Other films that Peltola has been in include V2 – jäätynyt enkeli, Young Gods, Drifting Clouds, Jade Warrior and Perhoshäkki. Since the 1980s, Peltola was the singer and bass guitarist of the Finnish band Motelli Skronkle. He also released two solo albums: Buster Keatonin ratsutilalla, released by Ektro Records in 2003 and Buster Keaton tarkistaa idän ja lännen at the beginning of 2006. Peltola died in the early hours of 31 December 2007 at his home in Kangasala, Finland. Description above from the Wikipedia article Markku Peltola, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2014
The Surrealist and His Naughty Hand

as    Isä / Intiaanipäälikkö

2009
Skeleton Crew

as    The Auteur in Snuff Films

2003
2002
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

as    (segment "Dogs Have No Hell")

1998
Drifting Clouds

as    Lajunen

1981
The Liar

as    Ball thrower in Mermaid Hall